Lake District
a mountainous region in NW England containing many lakes: tourist center.
- Also called Lake Country.
- Compare Lake Poets.
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How to use Lake District in a sentence
His father, the Seventh Earl—or ‘Lordie’ as he is still known in the Lake District—was a far more conventional figure.
For Sale: The $3M British Mountain—With Aristocratic Family Feud Included | Tom Sykes | August 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA week later Gill, 32, was taking a break in the Lake District, a picturesque sweep of mountains outside Manchester.
No one who had not visited it before would miss the Lake District in the north of England.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyParliament has several times intervened to save the Lake District from the desecrating intrusion of useless railways.
The Hills and the Vale | Richard JefferiesOnce we went together for a much-needed rest to the Lake District.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 | Elbert Hubbard
We passed the "Lake District" to the left the next morning, where it always rains, we are told.
The Automobilist Abroad | M. F. (Milburg Francisco) MansfieldLake District, places visited in, by Keats with Brown, 272-3 et sqq.
Life of John Keats | Sidney Colvin
British Dictionary definitions for Lake District
a region of lakes and mountains in NW England, in Cumbria: includes England's largest lake (Windermere) and highest mountain (Scafell Pike); national park; literary associations (the Lake Poets); tourist region: Also called: Lakeland
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